Comments by "thomas grabkowski" (@thomasgrabkowski8283) on "Asian Boss" channel.

  1. The different views is also why religious people tend to have more children than atheists because religious people tend to view having children as a blessing from god, while atheists are more likely to view it as just another burden out of many things
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  2. Yet Singapore’s birth rate is even lower than Japan now
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  3. Japan is much lower than both USA and UK
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  4. Japan’s citizenship law makes it almost impossible to become a naturalized citizen unfortunately
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  5. Well apparently people in the poorest continent Africa can but not people in the wealthy regions like Europe, North America and East Asia
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  6. 120k
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  7.  @marcodragneel8035  I’m saying generally it’s the case. Also I’m personally an atheist with the same views about children as you. It’s also why state atheist communist countries were far ahead of the economic development curve in terms of reducing birth rates
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  8. what about european cities as well as NYC. Densely populated, reliance on public transportation, and yet no mask wearing culture exists
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  9. I think China cares more if you say sensitive things in Chinese compared to if you say in other languages since much fewer locals would understand
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  10.  @rabbitsforyang8273  Everyone’s gonna end up getting COVID, so it’s best to let people buy their own food and in fact live our lives. We here on the US have removed all restrictions and we’ve been able to hit bars and restaurants for over a year now
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  11. No, North Korea has low birth rates too
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  12. It is contradicting. Western governments tell people not to wear masks, while Asian governments constantly remind people to wear masks whenever they step outside of their home
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  13.  @user-co5ri8dp_978  Yep Europe is really privileged compared to rest of world in how much labor rights they have and their relatively low cost of living-income ratio which allows them to work less hours
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  14.  @rabbitsforyang8273  In the US and other western countries, people were still allowed to go to supermarket for food and essential supplies during lockdown. In China, they aren’t and the only way is to get the government ration which is minimal+scramble for online delivery
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  15. Yeah Japan and South Korea have some of the highest life expectancies in the world could you imagine how much higher it could be without such a stressful work culture
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  16. Yep and summer in Korea doesn't help improve mental health either due to it being very rainy instead of sunny. Like for example in Europe, Canada and northern US, despite winter being long, cold and grey, at least there's lots of sunshine in summer for people to enjoy
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  17. Also people going out are probably more likely to support hosting Olympics
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  18. soon to be most cases in the world. USA is far less populated. Only thing that usa has advantage is testing, due to america's huge testing capacity, unlike india, meaning that usa catches a greater proportion of cases
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  19.  @EvilKris  It depends on the context. If you originally hold a very weak passport, then getting Japanese citizenship and renouncing your original would benefit you
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  20.  @voldy18 Furthermore, especially long work hours, extreme education pressure and almost no immigration
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  21. Sweden is one of the countries to actually recommend against masks
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  22. Compared to the western countries
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  23.  @kanos606W  collectivist
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  24. except they didn't. It foreign countries bring their citizens that were stuck in wuhan home
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  25.  @jamegumb7298  Europe and Russia despite those aren’t doing much better than Japan with birth rates tbh
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  26. 3 or 4 times actually, if you're really good. Many have competed in every Olympics from late teens all the way to retirement in their mid 30s
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  27. Check out 1420 for Russia interviews
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  28. Canada has seen 2x as many deaths as Japan despite having less than 1/3 their population, and that is with Canada's younger population and much lower population density. Plus no lockdown in Japan, when Canada is one of countries with longest lockdown periods
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  29.  @KyleRuggles  That Japan would be much safer to hold the Olympics than Canada or any Western country, so if I had to find a place to hold Olympics, during pandemic, Japan would be one of the better choices
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  30. yes, and inequality naturally increases during economic growth, and decreases during a recession
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  31. Except East Asian countries don’t have immigrants to replace them
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  32. Because Koreans are very conformist
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  33. High population and population density, limited resources, high competition, high demand
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  34. Including critically, immigrants from high birth rate countries with a tradition of big families. There’s a reason why birth rates are higher in the immigrant heavy countries of France, UK and Sweden compared to their neighbors and why Germany’s birth rates have now started to increase after tons of immigrants moved in recently
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  35.  @pointlessupdate  No country in Western Europe has above replacement birth rate. France is in fact the Western European country with the highest birth rate and even that is below replacement, and fyi Denmark’s birth rate is 1.72, which is below replacement of 2.1
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  36.  @Users_rx There’s a few with those problems too. China, Russia, Ukraine, Thailand, Brazil, Iran, etc
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  37. Japan's infection rate has consistently remained lower than the west despite having oldest population, very high population density and no lockdowns
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  38.  @pearjun1188  In the west, Japan is always brought up as example of country that handled pandemic very well. Testing and classification alone do not explain massive disparity
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  39.  @kaylita6446  Covid situation is generally worse in their own countries compared o Japan
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  40. sanukri uki in Korea and in most of the world, especially in Asia. Government gives masks to hospitals for healthcare workers. The rest go on sale for the public
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  41. In America you just shoot the suspect
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  42. Jay Jay Singapore and Thailand too
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  43. It seems that decentralized states are weakened in fight against pandemic. All the worst affected countries-usa, india, russia, mexico tend to be large federations
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  44. Not true. Africa, where salaries are lowest have very high birth rates
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  45.  @forcexjr1566  well it’s surprising that poor countries manage to have large families while rich countries cannot and complain about high cost
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  46.  @ramjam6934  In the highly vaccinated west, yes. Not in Asia, Africa and Latin America without much vaccines. Not everything is orientated around western countries
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  47. Also they’re on camera and Kazakhstan is a dictatorship. They don’t have free speech there and speaking positively about protests could get them in trouble
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  48. because you are asian
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  49.  @Helghast73  I believe South Korea originally introduced this law after some kid collapsed and died after pulling like 11 all night gaming sessions in a row
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  50. I guess physicality of Japanese vs westerners plays a role. Almost every Japanese woman has small ass and small boobs unlike the variation we have in the west thus fetish on other parts is more common
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  51. Two cities hit hard by SARS. Not as hard this time
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  52. Countries should look for and follow US CDC for advise in terms of masks for fully vaccinated. Its a shame that USA is going at it alone and no one else is following our lead
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  53. Example-celebrities are known to be depressed and have very high rates of mental health issues despite all the money they have
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  54. I'm in America and we don't need to wear masks anymore
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  55. no, when you count oecd countries, chile and mexico are the most unequal
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  56. well they want to continue operating in china, so they don't want to risk getting banned from china
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  57. It's still lower than levels in the west, even when it reached the highest level
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  58. he's japanese
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  59. they only interview in the largest city of each country, not just china, for south korea, they interview seoul, in japan, it's tokyo, in philippines, it's manila. It's just like asking questions about usa and going to nyc only
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  60. Philip T they do interview in Shanghai and Beijing. It’s too dangerous now
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  61. Just like Yangon and Lagos. They are no longer capitals but are still rapidly growing and overcrowded. Relocating the government doesn’t help much
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  62.  @universalsoldier811  Definitely
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  63. Korea is actually more Christian than Buddhist nowadays, thus lack of Buddhist mentality
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  64. Well Denmark, Finland and Germany have lower birth rates than the US and their demographic situations are extremely bad
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  65. That means world is getting dumbed down as there is a strong negative correlation between average IQ and birth rates by country
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  66.  @voice2voiceless  Still death rate is fraction (1/18) of that of USA despite not a single lockdown. Countries with similar average age as Japan such as Italy, Spain and Germany also saw per capita death rates over 10 times higher than Japan. Heck even much younger countries like Brazil, Peru, Mexico, Iran, Turkey, India saw death rates several times higher
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  67. MoonlightFangs95 Asians in Italy must be terrified. In fact some Chinese-Italians are going to China
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  68. Also cities tend to lack space that’s needed to have families(like people won’t want to raise a big family in a small apartment)
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  69. Only in western countries. In Asians countries, health professionals are telling you to wear masks
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  70. Russian
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  71. Apparently Africans can
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  72. if she believes virus is fake, why is she wearing a mask
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  73. Olympics helps small businesses with tourists, but not this time, cause no tourists are allowed
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  74.  @Archius_09  they do not wear masks for 11 months of the year. Only if they’re sick, since Japan is very big on hygiene. Most Japanese prior to pandemic do not wear masks on most days, and I’ve been there, but they do have some at home
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  75.  @alexsnow5092  Switzerland, Austria, Greece and the Scandinavian countries
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  76. In America, we're 52% vaccinated and 43% fully vaccinated and fully vaccinated people don't need masks indoors or out
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  77. For China, a lot of the kids left over in the countryside is due to the hukou system. Kids from parents without local hukou can’t go to local public schools for free
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  78. Okinawa was an American colony for decades before it was returned to Japan so there’s also American influence behind it
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  79.  @itisprofile  Yet Kazakh government is aligned with them
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  80.  @laurelabouffe Meanwhile most cannot afford to
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  81. Colds have almost disappeared globally with the pandemic
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  82. Acerola211 they already do, as a result of one child policy
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  83. no they do not. No one should be punished decades later for their past mistakess
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  84.  @ramjam6934  Japan and Korea have vaccinated very few people
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  85.  @nehalilisays It’s during 20th century where infant mortality has plummeted compared to 19th century and earlier whilst birth rates still remained high that the global population skyrocketed
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  86. There’s way more gang members who become fathers in America
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  87.  @ChaiChabeela  Also exempt are ethnic minorities and people in remote rural areas I believe
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  88. Korea has barely any vaccinated
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  89.  @cakeyummy6608  Still, its much lower than USA
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  90.  @aussieboy4090  most of their videos are about south korea and japan. Then it's china
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  91.  @LordYamcha  Its already dropping rapidly in Japan
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  92. If I were there, I would of answered, no, cause the CDC, one of the most trusted public health agencies in the world said that you don't need to after getting vaccinated
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  93. It was dropping for decades before COVID
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